Registered Nurse (RN) - Various Positions - Halifax Campus

Registered Nurse (RN) - Various Positions - Halifax Campus

Registered Nurse (RN) - Casual, Full-time, Part-time, Permanent, TemporaryCompetition # : RNHC-24EXT05Posted : March 25, 2024Location : Nursing (Halifax)Northwood Halifax Campus NorthwoodJob Classification : RNJob Type : Casual Full-time Part-time Permanent Temporary

Join Our Northwood Team!

Northwood is currently accepting applications from Registered Nurses to join our HalifaxTeam!

Responsibilities :

• Delivers quality person centered care
• Coordinates plan of care and collaborates with interprofessional team
• Performs administrative duties (e.g. documentation )
• Conducts comprehensive assessments of clients
• Maintains accurate and timely documentation pertaining to clients and staff
• Addresses mental health and social issues (e.g. advocating for the client as appropriate, tailoring communication to needs, calming the client, promoting health life choices, reassuring the client)
• Responds to complaints, concerns, and all initial incident investigations, ensuring appropriate corrective action and follow up is taken and documented
• Establishes effective relationships with clients and family
• Organizes and ensures work is completed in a safe, timely, and effective manner
• Establishes and maintains a safe environment for clients and staff
• Records patients’ medical information and vital signs
• Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients’ conditions
• Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients’ responses and conditions
• Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates resident care
• Maintains clinical skills as required and seeks learning opportunities to remain current

Qualifications :

• Registered Nurse with the Province of Nova Scotia
• Minimum 6 months of related experience (preferably with experience in long term care)
• Strong clinical, communication, organizational and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated abilities in problem solving, decision making, group process, and directing and supervising others
• Demonstrated ability to attend work on a regular and consistent basis
• Demonstrated use of proper body mechanics
• Demonstrated initiative and ability to work independently
• Knowledge of / experience with a Person centered care model of living
• Demonstrated ability to work as a member of the interdisciplinary team
• CPR certificate required
• First Aid certificate required
• Non Violence Crisis Intervention (NVCI) considered an asset

Hours / Shifts : Full and Part Time hours (Various shifts)